Chief Analyst - Corporate Planning & Transformation

About the role

The Chief Analyst will support RTA’s Future Foresight Framework, linking strategic foresight to key Dubai development agendas and ensuring alignment with corporate goals.

Key responsibilities

• Apply the approved Future Foresight Framework across corporate planning cycles, preparing scanning inputs and background material for each foresight round.
• Maintain the alignment register linking foresight outputs to the Dubai Economic Agenda (D33), Dubai Urban Master Plan 2040, UAE Centennial 2071, Dubai Future Foresight Strategy and RTA’s strategic goals.
• Coordinate periodic reviews of Section activities and KPIs to ensure adherence to Dubai Government Excellence Program (DGEP) and Future Readiness Index requirements.
• Support the preparation of foresight briefs and trend summaries requested by departments, sectors and agencies during strategic and annual planning cycles.
• Operate continuous horizon scanning, collect signals from approved sources, screen for relevance, and log entries in the foresight repository with full traceability.
• Maintain the trend, driver and weak‑signal repository, classify records against RTA strategic themes, and update each scanning cycle.
• Prepare scenario inputs, comparison tables and analysis for scenario workshops, and document outcomes.
• Maintain foresight toolkit assets – templates, checklists and quick‑reference guides – and support internal users.
• Administer Section tasks including meetings, minutes, correspondence, workshop logistics and stakeholder inputs, ensuring compliance with RTA regulations.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Strategic Foresight, Futures Studies, Public Policy, Strategic Management, Economics, Data Science/Analytics.
• 3+ years of experience with a master’s degree or 5+ years with a bachelor’s degree.